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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

May 23, 2010Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2010, 5:04 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2010, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:31 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:45 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
450 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010

MNZ034>038-232230-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-
450 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MILLE LACS LAKE...BRAINERD
LAKES...AITKIN AREAS...

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MILLE LACS LAKE...WITH OTHER
DOTTED ACROSS THE AITKIN...MCGREGOR...LAWLER...AND IRONTON AREAS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE
  IRONTON...AITKIN...MCGREGOR...MCGRATH...MALMO...MILLE LACS
  LAKE...AND WALDECK AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STORMS.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4701 9351 4664 9271 4614 9326 4615 9343
      4624 9345 4623 9379 4614 9382 4628 9429

MELDE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cass, Crow Wing	55 min
May 23, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	40 min
May 23, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin, Carlton	41 min
May 23, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	30 min
May 23, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	72 min
May 23, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	40 min
May 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	44 min
May 23, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	9 min
May 23, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	26 min
May 23, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	29 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Saint Louis	15 min
May 23, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	40 min
May 23, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	41 min
May 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Lake	20 min
May 23, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Saint Louis	44 min
May 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Aitkin	34 min
May 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	49 min
May 23, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Lake, Saint Louis	12 min
May 23, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Cook, Lake	46 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.